February « 2008 « Zimbabwebound

Can you believe this???

21 02 2008

Take a deep breath and feast your eyes on this little beauty …

No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you … this is a $10,000,000 (ten million dollar) note. I think it was introduced in mid January and for a short time has made the amount of notes we have had to carry around a lot smaller. The following note is very confusing to use, and I have to admit I really dislike using it.

The other day when I went to the shops my self confidence was boosted when multiple shop tellers took their time in counting and re-counting out the $750,000 notes. Sure a simple $3,000,000 transaction is easy (4 x $750,000), but it is when you get a figure like $11,650,500 that things get a little more tricky.

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Tags: $10000000, $750000, currency, zimbabwebound
Categories : General

This is EXCITING!!!!!

15 02 2008

Man … I could not wait to get home today and get on the internet to tell you guys all about this EXCITING news!!! As most of you are aware, you all have an opportunity to chipin to projects over here in Zim … well, our first chipin has finished and we have been able to complete part of a chicken run and get our first brewed of chicks. To be honest, we were going to get broilers for chicken meat but I had an offer come my way which I could not refuse and we decided to buy 100 layer chicks instead. Just think, in another 20 weeks we will have eggs to give to the orphanage as well as the training centre and enough to sell so we can continue this “venture” as well as help create other “ventures”. Thank you for all of you who chipped in … it means a lot to us as well as the girls in the orphanage and training centre.

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Tags: agriculture, chicks, chipin, Willow Park, zimbabwebound
Categories : Willow Park Agriculture

Take a look at these!!!

11 02 2008

Well, we are back into the full swing of Zimbabwe life … as difficult as it can be to live here sometimes it is GREAT to be back. Apparently it has been raining most of December and a majority of January and a lot of the dams are getting back to full. Along with the rain comes HUGE pot-holes in the road … it is almost a given here in Bulawayo. After the rain finishes the road teams come out and fill in the pot-holes with a bit of gravel and as soon as more rain comes the gravel washes away leaving an even BIGGER hole … take a look at one of the major intersections of Bulawayo.

I have to admit I didn’t take the following picture … it is a street in Harare

Pot-hole 03

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Welcome to the NEW Zimbabwebound

1 02 2008

To all who followed the blog last year, welcome to the new and improved Zimbabwebound blog and website; to those who are new: WELCOME, Jodi, Gabi and I love to share all of our stories and experiences in Zim. Please feel free to have a look around zimbabwebound.com; hopefully we have something for everyone and you can join in on our adventure no matter where you are in the world.

Above, you can find out all about what we are interested in and some of the things that are happening around Bulawayo.
To the side (right) there are a lot of new and exciting things to get involved in; you can explore our pictures in or come write on our wall in or why not join us on
This is the one that excites me the most; so many people have asked how they can chip in and help out … well now you can. Throughout the year I will be posting projects that need to be started and this is where you can get involved. Just click on the projects under the logo and you can look at ways you can chipin … whether it is $1.00 or $100.00, the sky is the limit. With all of these projects, the funds will be going directly to outreach to help develop or improve the ministry … WOW, I can’t wait to get started!!!!!!